How to have an Empowered Birth
Monique is a legendary NBC mama who worked with me through a very special time of my business. Moniques birth story is incredibly powerful and reiterates one of the most valuable lessons in birth:
“EMPOWERMENT IN BIRTH IS TAKING CONTROL OF YOUR EXPERIENCE, MAKING DECISIONS FROM A PLACE OF CONFIDENCE AND KNOWLEDGE.”
Monique experienced a traumatic birth with her first child, left feeling guilty that she didn’t do more research pre birth, questioning why the health professionals did what they did, and why her birth ended as it did. This took Monique on quite a postpartum journey of mental difficulties, healing modalities, and the ‘deep inner work’ to bring acceptance to the situation and move forward.
Her postpartum healing journey included continual conversations to loved ones about the experience, research, and ultimately cranial sacral therapy helped Mon.
Her second baby coming as a surprise acted as the ultimate healing experience for her and her partner. She actively sourced out the ultimate birth preparation modalities (Hola from yours truely), researched like a crazy women, and even when her natural self went to give her power away when the decisions became too hard, Monique brought herself back to her power, back to her value-based decision making framework (taught in the Appetence Birth Workshop), and took control and responsibility of her body, baby and birth experience.
This epicenos resulted in an amazing birth experience for Mon, where her and her partner felt empowered, confident and joyous from the experience.
I am so excited for you to delve into this podcast with us.
A few topics we discuss:
Birth preferences and vaginal exams
First baby- how it is so hard to know how imperative birth prep is
How to heal from birth trauma
What is the secret that we absolutely CAN control to avoid and recover from birth trauma
Big induction decisions with the risk factors of- Advanced maternal age (sorry for the terminology hehe) and insulin dependant diabetes
I really hope you enjoy the podcast!
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YouTube https://youtu.be/isjV5zM3Q4I
